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S - Cartes Géophraphiques
Series · 19-?
Part of Fonds Père Clarence d'Entremont
Cette série est constituée de 192 cartes géographiques, incluant des cartes anciennes, moderne, routières, topographiques et bénéficaires. Ces cartes géographiques illustrent la vie et les parcours des Acadiens à travers le monde 1998.3-f11
Park information
Series consists of records relating to the Committees efforts to keep the public informed and involved in the planning and development of the Park System. Series contains documents created by the Committee and by provincial park planners, including reports; notices; memorandums; question and answer documents; diagrams; maps; and blank questionnaire forms. Included is a brochure mapping and describing progress on the Park, published in 1978 by the Parks and Recreation Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests and produced in cooperation with the Committee. Also included in the series is a map showing proposed phased land acquisition for the Park. Series also contains documents related to background research on undertaken by Committee members, including statistics, regulations, a government publication on land registration, and other material. In addition, series contains clippings related to the earlier Ship Harbour National Park proposal, which were compiled in the early 1970s by Aubrey Siteman, the father of Committee member Lantz Siteman. 2009.034, 2009.035, 2013.019
Series · 1941-1945, predominant 1942-1944
Part of E.J. Webber fonds
Series forms part of the E.J. Webber fonds and consists of records related to Webber’s activities as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Reserve Battalion Halifax Rifles during World War II. Series includes documents related to Webber’s training as an officer, as well as instructions on training others including booklets, manuals, memorandums, notes, an examination sheet, and other material. This includes copies of the Canadian Army Training Memorandum, which was a series of pamphlets published on a monthly basis from 1941 to 1945 which were intended to be distributed among all Canadian officers who were serving domestically. The memorandums featured articles and information on various aspects of military life and training. Series also includes issues of War and Current Affairs, a series of booklets issued by the British Army Bureau of Current Affairs; issues of Canadian Affairs, a series of booklets issued by the Canadian Wartime Information Board; and an issue of The Maple Leaf, a newspaper issued to Canadian soldiers. Also included in the series are forms and correspondence related to travelling expense claims for bus trips to Sheet Harbour for officer training classes and for trips to Musquodoboit Harbour and Ship Harbour to supervise training detachments. In addition, series includes a certificate authorizing Webber to be an official Royal Canadian Air Force Aircraft Detection Corps observer, an instruction sheet issued by a superior officer, forms, maps, a postcard, and other material. 2009.045
Equipment & correspondence
Series · [ca. 1935-1959]
Part of Robert A. Logan fonds
Series forms part of the Robert A. Logan fonds and consists primarily of catalogues, pamphlets, brochures, and instruction manuals as well as correspondence related to various equipment that Logan was interested in purchasing or had purchased. Also included are invoices, receipts, and notes. The equipment was likely for use in Logan's mining operations. Also included are maps, copies of newspaper clippings related to Logan searching for treasure, lists of supplies needed to feed eight men during a ten week expedition, and other materials. 2010.006
Maps
Series · ca. 1740-1780
Part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds
Series forms part of Robert Kim Stevens fonds and consists of one early Italian map of Acadia, Ile Royale and the surrounding area including Ile St. Jean. The map was likely drawn by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin, a French-born hydrographer and geographer who produced many maps of Canada and other French territories in North America and was chief cartographer of the French Navy in 1721 and later Official Hydrographer of the King. 2013.026
Series · [ca. 1965]-2003
Part of Robert M. Ritcey fonds
Series forms part of the Robert M. Ritcey fonds and consists of the contents of two binders, each comprising volumes of a work entitled “Memories and family: collections by Robert M. Ritcey” (also entitled “Memories, family, and collections of Robert Milton Ritcey Sr.”). The work is a collection of research material related to the Ritcey family of Nova Scotia, as well as other families connected to the Ritceys, including the Newman, Williams, Bayers, and Gaetz families. The work comprises material created by Ritcey or collected from other sources, and includes text; family trees; excerpts and transcriptions from publications; records such as certificates and forms; correspondence; maps; drawings; and other material. All of the material from the binders is photocopied, with occasional annotations in pencil. Included in the work are drafts of Ritcey’s memoirs “The Place” and “The People”. Also included in the work are colour copies of photographs of Martinique Beach and Dun’s Beach. Ritcey began collating the material in 1986, although he had begun creating some of it in 1972 or earlier, and had been accumulating it for many years before then. Series also includes a letter to the Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society related to the upcoming publication of part of his work, along with an annotated copy of an introduction to be included in the publication, and a copy of a map of the area around Martinique Beach in around 1937, hand drawn by Ritcey. Accession number 2010.004
Land indentures, maps, wills
Series · ca. 1760-1945
Part of Helene Read fonds
Series forms part of the Helene Read fonds and consists of a land indenture dated August 8, 1799 in which possession of land in Clam Harbour is passed from Robert, Colin, and Patrick Campbell and their wives to Thomas Stoddard. Series also includes information concerning other land grants in Clam Harbour belonging to the Campbell and Stoddard families between 1765 to 1894 and 1945. Four maps are also included in the series and include plans dated 1956 showing the division of the estate of James Stoddard as per his will, a map of the lands of Ralph Stoddard dated 1970, and two maps showing the subdivision of Lot 1 lands owned by Douglas F. Stoddard dated 1963. In addition there is one map of the land belonging to Robert Sr., Duncan, and Robert Campbell as well as two pages of microfilm copies of the land grant document presumably for that piece of land c. 1760. All maps pertain to land in Clam Harbour. Series also contains copies of the wills of James Edward Stoddard, Thomas Stoddard, Adam Stoddard, Edmund Fanning Stoddard, and documents concerning the estate of Nancy Stoddard. Accession number 2013.019
Series · 1896-1907
Part of Eastern Shore Archives map collection
Series forms part of the Eastern Shore Archives map collection. E.R. Faribault (1855-1934), was a geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) from 1882 until 1932. His life’s work was the systematic geological mapping of Nova Scotia. This series forms part of the map collection and consists of maps, produced by his teamwork with Hugh Fletcher. It was the GSC’s most ambitious project to that point and continued until Faribault’s retirement in 1933. These maps are amazingly detailed and accurate considering the time at which they were created, the equipment available and the lack of subsurface information. These maps continue to stand as examples of excellence in field geology and are still referred to by modern geologists. Series consists of geological maps of Halifax County showing geological formations and orientation, roads, mines, and pits. Also includes some residences, industries, schools, post offices, and churches. Insert of geological cross-section included. Accession number: 2003.026
Crown Land maps
Series · [ca.1759]-1950
Part of Eastern Shore Archives map collection
Series forms part of the map collection and consists of maps detailing the boundaries of lands granted and crown lands in the province. As land is reverted back to the Crown, the maps are updated. This is demonstrated as a line pattern or cross-hatching on the maps. Series includes six maps, which are part of a province wide division of the province into a grid, with each section being assigned a reference number. In 1926 the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Commissioner of Forests and Game were combined in the new Department of Lands and Forests, of which the Attorney General became minister. The department was responsible for managing, leasing, selling or otherwise disposing of crown lands; conserving and protecting all forests and timberlands, whether publicly or privately owned; and protecting, preserving and encouraging the natural increase of game and fish. The Attorney General remained minister of lands and forests until 1947, when the department received its own minister. In 1987 a new Crown Lands Act was passed and the Lands and Forests Act repealed. In 1991 the Department of Lands and Forests was merged with Mines and Energy to form the new Department of Natural Resources. In order to promote settlement in Nova Scotia, Governor Edward Cornwallis was directed in 1749 to make fee simple or absolute possession of land grants tax free for the first three years; thereafter an annual rent was to be paid. Later laws changed the regulations relating to the size of grants, quit rents, and taxation, and, at times, the sale of land took the place of free grants. In 1749 Charles Morris was appointed the first Surveyor General to administer the granting of land. The Surveyor General was responsible for surveying of the boundary lines of land grants, roads, and other lands and the preparation of maps and plans. Deputy surveyors were appointed for each district or county. In 1827 a Commissioner of Crown Lands was appointed to oversee the sale of crown land and in 1851 the commissioner absorbed the position of Surveyor General. A separate Commissioner of Crown Lands for Cape Breton existed until 1847, reporting directly to the Provincial Secretary. In 1877 the Attorney General became ex officio Commissioner of Crown Lands. In 1926 the Department of Lands and Forests was created, and the functions of the commissioner were transferred to the new department. [Description supplied by Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management] Crown land grant maps such as these were manually produced by the Department of Lands and Forests from 1945 into the 1950s. Their purpose was to map original land grants and to show land transactions that were made by the Crown. The original maps were used up until 2009 when the Crown Land Information Management Centre switched to a geospatial information management system and had all of the original maps scanned. The maps are still used on a daily basis by researchers for various purposes and are also used by the Department of Natural Resources, together with the new GIS resources, to determine whether land still belong to the Crown or has been issued to someone else. The maps feature a variety of numbers and symbols including file numbers added by drafting technicians, letters like LOA which indicates letters of permission and P- _____ which refers to a survey plan, and other markings indicating leases, licenses, etc. In addition, cross hatching indicates land that was sold back to the Crown. Accession number: 2003.026
A. F. Church & Co. maps
Series · 1865
Part of Eastern Shore Archives map collection
Series forms part of the Eastern Shore Archives map collection and consists of copies of topographical maps of Halifax County published by A. F. (Ambrose Finson) Church & Co. of Granville St., Halifax in 1865. The maps were produced from actual surveys drawn and engraved under the direction of H. F. Walling and bear certification indicating that they were entered according to law on the twenty-fourth day of March, 1864 by Ambrose F. Church, although they were not published until the following year. They also include plans of townships and directories for businesses in Halifax and various other localities, which identify prominent citizens and tradesmen. In addition, they include names of heads of households, statistics for vessels, population, education, religion, and acres of improved land as well as information on locations of ports of entry, post offices, telegraph stations and way offices. Accession number: 2003.026